{"id":149056,"date":"2025-02-07T18:18:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/proposals-for-30-new-states-did-not-meet-constitutional-requirements-deputy-speaker"},"modified":"2025-02-15T21:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T20:46:15","slug":"proposals-for-30-new-states-did-not-meet-constitutional-requirements-deputy-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/proposals-for-30-new-states-did-not-meet-constitutional-requirements-deputy-speaker","title":{"rendered":"Proposals for 30 new states did not meet constitutional requirements \u2013 Deputy Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that none of the 30 proposals for new states met the requirements of Section 8 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu, in a statement issued Friday by his media office, clarified that the parliament has not taken a position on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that to create a new state, the Constitution requires two-thirds majority vote in the Senate, the House of Representatives, state houses of assembly, and local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu said the National Assembly was committed to following the procedure and is inviting the applicants to resubmit their proposals once they\u2019ve complied with the constitutional guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe are the people\u2019s parliament. We are not taking any position on the issue of creation of states. We have heard a lot of people giving different narratives to the letter that was read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me clear the dust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the Ninth Assembly, we received more requests for state creation and some of them came through private member bills. Some came from the memoranda we called for and in this Tenth Assembly, we have received 30, not 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, on that list, they repeated Ibadan State twice. It is 30 that we have received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we speak, none of these 30 proposals have met the requirements of Section 8 and that was why we decided to bring it to the notice of Nigerians that your application before us is ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, you need to comply with Section 8 so that when we don\u2019t consider the state creation request, you will know where it emanated from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the notice to the public is that you have between now and March 5 to enable you cure the gaps in your application for state creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that none of the 30 proposals for new states met the requirements of Section 8 of the Constitution. Kalu, in a statement issued Friday by his media office, clarified that the parliament has not taken a position on the issue. 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